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So I think I've softmodded my Wii to a pretty good point... I can play usb games, run homebrew, and have a custom 4.2U firmware installed, along with cIOS249 rev 17... and am able to update to rev 19 if i need to. The problem is when I try to run backups discs.

I've burned Okami and a Netflix disc, with no success at getting either of them to run. I burned them to Verbatim Dvd+Rs using ImgBurn, and have used the latest neoGamma, backupLauncher, and softchip.

I came to the conclusions that my problem has something to do with setting the booktype of the burner to Dvd-rom, something my burner is incapable of doing, and I know my wii disc drive is not one of the newer ones that can't read backup discs.

Should I take the risk and go ahead and buy some blank Dvd-Rs? Is there anyway to check if I just don't have the proper cIOSes installed? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

While the Wii can play DVD+R's I have always used DVD-R's, so I think you need to try that!

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Allow me to further elaborate on that. While I have never gotten a backup to work right, I have researched them a bit (I USB load now). DVD+R does work, but it needs to be booktyped at burn time to "DVD ROM" I believe. DVD-R's work as they are.

Some people argue to burn at lowest speed, or burn at 2.4x, half of the disks rated speed, or max... I have heard that early backup launching needed lowest speed possible, but with how it has advanced, I have heard max speed is the norm. (And 2.4x is for DVD+R's only).

But I have since moved to USB loading, so have not had a need to figure out why my backups of red steel werent loading.

I prefer ImgBurn. It is free and I have never had a bad burn. I use Phillips 8X DVD-R, same thing they are cheap and always work. I burn at 8X max setting because that is what the DVD is rated for. Then, I always verify the burn at the end. If the burn is bad, it should verify bad. Use a slower speed if you see this happen.